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Overall picture on caseload and disposal at all Court levels
High Court
CASELOAD AND CASE DISPOSAL OF THE HIGH COURT
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|
Caseload |
Disposal
* |
| |
|
2006 |
2007 |
2008 |
2006 |
2007 |
2008 |
| Court
of Appeal |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Appellate |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| - |
Criminal |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
Appeals from the Court of First Instance |
129 |
119 |
126 |
99 |
126 |
129 |
| |
Appeals from the District Court |
391 |
357 |
304 |
312 |
375 |
357 |
| |
Sub-total |
520 |
476 |
430 |
411 |
501 |
486 |
| - |
Civil |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
Appeals from the Court of First Instance |
349 |
306 |
313 |
298 |
288 |
295 |
| |
Appeals from the District Court |
43 |
53 |
29 |
36 |
37 |
37 |
| |
Miscellaneous Appeals |
51 |
62 |
43 |
43 |
38 |
39 |
| |
Sub-total |
443 |
421 |
385 |
377 |
363 |
371 |
| Review
of Sentences |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| - |
Criminal |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
Reviews from the Court of First Instance |
3 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
| |
Reviews from the District Court |
7 |
7 |
5 |
6 |
5 |
6 |
| |
Reviews from the Magistrates' Courts |
3 |
5 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
7 |
| |
Sub-total |
13 |
12 |
9 |
9 |
8 |
15 |
| |
Total |
976 |
909 |
824 |
797 |
872 |
872 |
|
*
|
Case disposal refers to appeals/reviews which have been
allowed, dismissed, withdrawn, discontinued or abandoned with or without
court order |
|
|
Caseload |
Disposal
* |
| |
|
2006 |
2007 |
2008 |
2006 |
2007 |
2008 |
| Court
of First Instance |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Appellate |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| - |
Criminal |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
Appeals from Magistrates' Courts |
1 238 |
1 234 |
1 125 |
1 180 |
1 185 |
1 156 |
| - |
Civil |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
Appeals from Labour Tribunal |
57 |
51 |
47 |
53 |
42 |
50 |
| |
Appeals from Small Claims Tribunals |
60 |
81 |
50 |
34 |
50 |
59 |
| |
Appeals from Minor Employment Claims
Adjudication Board |
11 |
12 |
10 |
13 |
5 |
13 |
| |
Miscellaneous Appeals |
5 |
9 |
4 |
14 |
5 |
7 |
| |
Sub-total |
133 |
153 |
111 |
114 |
102 |
129 |
| |
Total |
1 371 |
1 387 |
1 236 |
1 294 |
1 287 |
1 285 |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| First
Instance |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| - |
Criminal Jurisdiction |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
Criminal Cases |
263 |
312 |
311 |
320 |
311 |
301 |
| |
Confidential Miscellaneous Proceedings |
59 |
56 |
64 |
59 |
56 |
64 |
| |
Application for Discharge |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
| |
Sub-total |
323 |
368 |
375 |
380 |
367 |
365 |
| - |
Civil Jurisdiction |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
High Court Actions |
2 877 |
2 678 |
2 784 |
1 868 |
1 768 |
1 741 |
| |
Miscellaneous Proceedings |
2 740 |
2 596 |
2 631 |
1 703 |
1 631 |
1 679 |
| |
Bankruptcy & Companies Winding-up+ |
13 245 |
13 620 |
14 500 |
11 285 |
11 821 |
11 629 |
| |
Personal Injuries Actions |
1 142 |
1 094 |
951 |
972 |
935 |
927 |
| |
Other cases #
|
599 |
516 |
537 |
278 |
238 |
253 |
| |
Sub-total |
20 603 |
20 504 |
21 403 |
16 106 |
16 393 |
16 229 |
| |
Total
|
20 926 |
20 872 |
21 778 |
16 486 |
16 760 |
16 594 |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| - |
Masters Chambers |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
Interlocutory hearings**
|
28 381 |
30 429 |
29 287 |
26 755 |
28 575 |
26 660 |
| |
Taxation bills |
1 039 |
1 036 |
1 043 |
984(1) |
976(1) |
970(1) |
| - |
Probate |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
Applications |
15 298 |
13 483 |
13 339 |
15 320(2) |
13 541(2) |
12 958(2) |
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*
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Case disposal refers to appeals which have been allowed,
dismissed, withdrawn, discontinued or abandoned with or without court
order; criminal cases where defendants have been convicted or acquitted;
and civil cases where claims have been successfully made or dismissed |
|
+
|
Cases include bankruptcy proceedings, companies winding-up proceedings, applications for Interim Order (Bankruptcy) and applications to set aside Statutory Demands |
|
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|
Other cases include constitutional and administrative law proceedings, admiralty actions, adoptions, bill of sale registrations, book debt registrations, commercial actions, construction and arbitration cases, matrimonial causes, probate actions and stop notices |
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**
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The caseload figure represents the number of interlocutory applications listed with hearings, and the disposal figure represents the number of the interlocutory applications heard in the reporting period |
| |
Note (1) : Case disposal refers to taxation bills processed |
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Note (2) : Case disposal refers to grants issued/grants resealed/estates administration completed by the Official Administrator in summary manner |
WAITING TIME FOR CASES IN THE HIGH COURT
| |
|
Waiting
Times (days) |
| |
|
Target |
2006 |
2007 |
2008 |
| Court
of Appeal |
|
|
|
|
| - |
Criminal cases - from setting down
of a case to hearing |
50
|
46 |
50 |
42 |
| - |
Civil cases - from application to
fix date to hearing |
90
|
100 |
87 |
85 |
| Court
of First Instance |
|
|
|
|
| - |
Criminal Fixture - from filing of
indictment to hearing |
120
|
119 |
109 |
112 |
| - |
Criminal Running List - from setting
down to hearing |
90
|
66 |
57 |
63 |
| - |
Civil Fixture - from application
to fix date to hearing |
180
|
124 |
114 |
145 |
| - |
Civil Running List - from setting
down to hearing |
90
|
64 |
61 |
59 |
| - |
Appeals from Magistrates' Courts
- from lodging of Notice of Appeal to hearing |
90
|
87 |
91 |
90 |
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